Son of James Kizer Sr. and his wife
Mary Catherine (Ammerman) Kizer.
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Note: The year-of-birth on his
headstone appears to incorrectly
state 1871, when it should say 1869.
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m. # 1. Amy Bryant,
on Jan. 22, 1893, in Galien,
Berrien County Michigan.
Amy was born April 12, 1870, and
she died on Jan. 7, 1896.
Amy was the daughter of Tanis Bryant
and his wife Margaret Gaueb(sp?).
Child: Hazel Omego (Kizer) Barnes,
the wife of Arthur Browning Barnes.
Hazel was born in 1893 in Michigan,
and she was married in Montana.
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First wife Amy died
on Jan. 7, 1896.
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m. # 2. Grace May Williams,
on Oct. 15, 1898, in Buchanan,
Berrien County Michigan.
Grace was born in 1878 "OR"
on Jan. 27, 1879, in Oronoko township,
(N. of Buchanan), Berrien Co. Michigan.
Grace was the daughter of
Albert Williams (1849-1903), and his
wife Caroline Ingleright (1847-1933),
who are buried in the Oak Grove Cemetery.
Albert Williams was an inventor
of medicines, and a teacher
(per: "History of St. Joseph Co. IN"
Volume 2, by T. E. Howard).
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m. # 3.
(Mrs.) Hattie M. (Gowell) Ettinger,
on Dec. 24, 1901, in Cassopolis,
Cass County Michigan.
Hattie was the daughter of
George Gowell/Cowell and his
wife Nellie Frame.
Children: Mary Catherine Kizer,
and Lorenzo Dee Kizer Jr.
(both born in Indiana).
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Lorenzo Dee Kizer Jr. was born
on Feb. 29, 1904, and died
in March of 1972, in California.
He had been married to
Isabell Apistate,
and Tula Taylor.
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Lorenzo Dee Kizer Sr. had lived in:
Galien, Berrien Co. MI in 1894,
St. Joseph Co. Indiana in 1910,
Montana in 1913,
Fergus, Montana in 1920,
Oakland, Alameda Co. Calif. in 1926,
and Richmond, Contra Costa, County
California in 1930.
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Lorenzo shares a headstone with his
wife Hattie M. (1874-1958), and his
daughter
Mary Catherine (Kizer) Seymour
(1902-1971), in the
Mountain View Cemetery,
in Oakland, Alameda Co. California,
in Plot 58, Grave # 407.
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